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Uppercut victim Shidea Lane found guilty of disorderly conduct by Shaker Hts Judge K.J. Montgomery, former bus driver Artis Hughes, who sucker punched Lane and tossed her from an RTA bus after an altercation between the two, was previously found guilty of assault

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CLEVELAND, Ohio- Shidea N. Lane (pictured), the young Black woman who made national news last year for getting uppercut, choked, and thrown from a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus by since fired bus driver Artis Hughes, pleaded no contest on Tuesday to misdemeanor disorderly conduct before Shaker Hts Municipal Court Judge K. J Montgomery and was found guilty.  She will be sentenced next month and faces a maximum $250 fine and 30 days in jail.  The criminal charge, brought by the City of Beachwood where the incident occurred,  was heard in Shaker Hts court, which hears t raffic and misdemeanor cases and some civil lawsuits from Beahwood and other neighboring municipalities. "We were there for support and the judge did not want to here anything from Shidea's attorney on the bruises she allegedly got, " said Valerie Robinson, 76, a member of  the Imperial Women and Stop Targeting Ohio's poor, and a retired Cleveland schools teacher.  Imperial Women, a great

Clark Sisters to perform in Cleveland on Sunday, June 9 at 2 pm at Lil Africa and The Kitchen Event Center in cooperation with Cleveland Councilman TJ Dow, tickets only $10 at door, 6816 Superior Ave, contact 216-240-1881

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Uppercut RTA bus driver victim Shidea Lane to make plea tomorrow in Shaker Hts Municipal Court on disorderly conduct charge, fired RTA bus driver Artis Hughes, who sucker punched the young Black woman and threw her from an RTA bus last year, was found guilty of assaulting Lane, Imperial Women representative to attend hearing, Imperial Women object to outrageous violence against women and call for not guilty finding or probation without criminal record for Lane, 25

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Shidea N. Lane  Artis Hughes By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Shidea N. Lane, the young Black woman who made national news last year for getting uppercut, choked, and thrown from a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus by since fired bus driver Artis Hughes, will plead no contest tomorrow to misdemeanor disorderly conduct before Shaker Hts Municipal Court Judge K. J Montgomery, her lawyer Attorney Dale Friedland told Cleveland Urban News.Com Monday afternoon.  "Shidea will plead no contest and we hope the judge will find her not guilty," said Friedland, who added that Montgomery and Beachwood Prosecutor Thomas Greve had rejected his request for probation before judgment without a cri

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, gives 11th Congressional District State of the District speech at City Club in Cleveland, Mayor Jackson, Black elected officials attend, the congresswoman talks child obesity, poverty, women's issues, ObamaCare, public education, medicaid expansion supported by Gov. Kasich, she addresses question on controversial Cleveland traffic cameras that target Black community

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U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), a Warrensville Hts. Democrat whose majority Black 11th congressional district includes the cities of Cleveland and Akron, addressed a capacity crowd at the City Club in Cleveland on Friday to deliver her State of the District speech. One of two Blacks in Congress from Ohio, Fudge is also  chairperson  of the Congressional Black Caucus of Black members of Congress. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio-11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), one of two Black congresspersons from Ohio and whose majority Black congressional district includes the cities of Cleveland and Akron and some neighboring and adjacent suburbs of both municipalities,

Imperial Women, activists press conference and rally are Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 5:30 pm on Cleveland serial murderer on loose, and community forum with Mayor Candidate Ken Lanci is at 6pm, both at Lil Africa, 6816 Superior Ave , Contact number is 216-659-0473

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Contact: Imperial Women Tel: 216-659-0473 Website: ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Who:  Cleveland Urban News.Com and Community activist groups including Imperial Women, Black on Black Crime Inc., The Oppressed People's Nation, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Ohio Family Rights, The Fairfax Business Association,The National Association for Parental Equality, The Women's Federation, People for The Imperial Act, and The Carl Stokes Brigade Cleveland Mayoral Candidate          Ken Lanci What/When/Where/Why: Press conference and rally at 5:30 pm on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Lil Africa in Cleveland, 6816 Superior Ave., with a community forum and panel at 6 pm with Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci.  The rally and press conference will be led by Imperial Women to call for resources by city and county officials and Cleveland police and accountability around the abduction, rape and murders of Black, White and Latino women. A

Updated: Former Sun News and Call and Post Newspapers Journalist Caesar Powell dies of heart attack

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Powell Caesar By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Powell Caesar, a mover and shaker in Cleveland's elite Black political community who was a former columnist for the Sun News Newspaper and wrote editorials for the Call and Post Newspaper with its general counsel and former Cleveland City Council President George Forbes, died Monday of a heart attack, a family spokesperson said.  A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office and an influential affiliate of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP that Forbes led for more than 20 years until last year, Powell, 63, was a Republican that wrote conservative columns in the Sun News that sometimes unnerved Blacks.  But he also took on White folks

Black on Black Crime Inc,. Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, community activists picket Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Safety Committee Chair Councilman Kevin Conwell, city council over disproportionate abundance of red light traffic ticket cameras on majority Black east side that they say that as situated primarily in Black community represent racial profiling and are unconstitutional by targeting young Blacks, activists will discuss issue, among other matters, at forum with community activists and Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci on Thursday, May 30 at 6 pm at Lil Africa in Cleveland, 6816 Superior Ave., read here to find out where the 42 new red light traffic ticket cameras will be erected at intersections throughout the city of Cleveland

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Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, who chairs Cleveland City Council's safety committee, and who introduced legislation for 42 more red light traffic ticket cameras that city council passed last week, most on the majority Black east side of the city. Conwell is also under fire for being quiet about no Blacks on Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's law enforcement leadership team, the rape and murders of Black women, and the gunning down of unarmed Blacks and others by Cleveland police. Community Activist Art McKoy, who leads Black on Black Crime Inc. and who led a picket against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cleveland City Council on Friday over a disproportionate abundance of red light traffic ticket cameras on the predominantly Black east side of Cleveland Cleveland Mayoral Hopeful and Millionaire Businessman Ken Lanci, who will participate in a community forum with community activists on Thursday, May 30 at 6 pm at Lil Africa in Cleveland, 6816 Superior A